Ansar Harvani

Ansar Harvani was an Indian politician. Harwani opposed the partition of India.^[2] He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress.^[3][4][5] He often consulted senior leader of the Party Nirmal Chandra Chaturvedi, MLC for the issues to be raised in the Lok Sabha and worked on them seriously.

Ansar Harvani
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1962–1967
Preceded by	Chaudhri Badan Singh
Constituency	Bisauli (Lok Sabha constituency), Uttar Pradesh[1]
In office 1957–1962
Succeeded by	Gauri Shankar
Constituency	Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born	16 February 1916 Rudauli, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	28 October 1996 (aged 80) New Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Sahaibzadi Gauhar Ara
Children	1 son and 3 daughters
Relatives	Hamida Salim (sister) Majaz (brother) Javed Akhtar (nephew) Salman Akhtar (nephew) Farhan Akhtar (grand son)
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Personal life

Ansar was born in 1916 in Rudauli, in Uttar Pradesh. His brother, Asrar-ul-Haq "Majaz" was also a prominent Urdu poet, and sister Hamida Salim, was a notable poet and writer. His other sister, Safia Akhtar was also a writer and critic, and his nephew is lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar.^[6][7][8]